Escaping Japan
Reflections on Estrangement and Exile in the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2017
Book
Hardback
254 pages
978-1-138-23524-3 (ISBN)
Description
The idea that Japan is a socially homogenous, uniform society has been increasingly challenged in recent years. This book takes the resulting view further by highlighting how Japan, far from singular or monolithic, is socially and culturally complex. It engages with particular life situations, exploring the extent to which personal experiences and lifestyle choices influence this contemporary multifaceted nation-state. Adopting a theoretically engaged ethnographic approach, and considering a range of "escapes" both physical and metaphorical, this book provides a rich picture of the fusions and fissures that comprise Japan and Japaneseness today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
23 s/w Abbildungen, 22 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 1 s/w Zeichnung
1 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Halftones, black and white; 23 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-23524-3 (9781138235243)
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Escaping Japan
Reflections on Estrangement and Exile in the Twenty-First Century
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Escaping Japan
Reflections on Estrangement and Exile in the Twenty-First Century
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Blai Guarne | Paul Hansen
Escaping Japan
Reflections on Estrangement and Exile in the Twenty-First Century
E-Book
10/2017
Routledge
€59.49
Available for download
Persons
Blai Guarne is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the East Asian Studies Programme at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Paul Hansen is a Specially Appointed Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Hokkaido University, Japan.
Paul Hansen is a Specially Appointed Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Hokkaido University, Japan.
Content
1. Introduction: Escaping Japan Inside and Out
2. Maid Cafes: Affect, Life and Escape in Akihabara
3. The Burden of Sobriety: Alcoholism and Masculinity in Japan
4. Robot Dreams: Play, Escape and Masculine-Romanticism in Japanese Techno-Culture
5. The Globalization of Melancholic Affect: Escaping Soft Power through the Literature of Murakami Haruki
6. Escaping through Words: Memory and Oblivion in the Japanese Urban Landscape
7. 'Escaping' the Hokkaido Homelands: Ainu Heteroglossia and the Performance of Ainu Urban Indigeneity in the Kanto Region
8. Kyoko's Assemblage: Escaping 'futsu no nihonjin' in Hokkaido
9. 'Escape' to a Place of Familiarity: Transforming Japanese Tourist Imaginings of Taiwan
10. Fleeing from Constraints: Japanese Retirement Migrants in Malaysia
11. After Words, Tien-Shi 'Lara' Chen, Blai Guarne, Paul Hansen, Susanne Klien
2. Maid Cafes: Affect, Life and Escape in Akihabara
3. The Burden of Sobriety: Alcoholism and Masculinity in Japan
4. Robot Dreams: Play, Escape and Masculine-Romanticism in Japanese Techno-Culture
5. The Globalization of Melancholic Affect: Escaping Soft Power through the Literature of Murakami Haruki
6. Escaping through Words: Memory and Oblivion in the Japanese Urban Landscape
7. 'Escaping' the Hokkaido Homelands: Ainu Heteroglossia and the Performance of Ainu Urban Indigeneity in the Kanto Region
8. Kyoko's Assemblage: Escaping 'futsu no nihonjin' in Hokkaido
9. 'Escape' to a Place of Familiarity: Transforming Japanese Tourist Imaginings of Taiwan
10. Fleeing from Constraints: Japanese Retirement Migrants in Malaysia
11. After Words, Tien-Shi 'Lara' Chen, Blai Guarne, Paul Hansen, Susanne Klien